what does sleep do

[zenma]

hey what does the command sleep(1) i read somewhere it reduces lag but how do you use it and how does it reduce lag
edit: i already searched for it found nothing

[bullzeye95]

It's the same thing as wait.

[rotflmfwao]

Which reduces lag by giving the cpu a millisecond to recover from what it was doing.


Sleep(1);
is the same as
Wait(1);

[zenma]

oh ok so why not replace all waits to sleeps?

[Tim0suprem0]

Yeah if wait and sleep are the same thing, why do they both exist?

[bullzeye95]

oh ok so why not replace all waits to sleeps?

What would be the point in that?

[rotflmfwao]

I think they both exist because it helps some people who used other programing languages before SCAR. I used AU3 and it had Sleep instead of Wait. I could be wrong, but thats just what I think.

[zenma]

wait wait wait... let me get this straight. wait is EXACTLY the same as sleep? no difference at all? if yes then nvm theres no point. if no then well idk, lol

[Starblaster100]

There is a subtle difference.

Wait uses the Process command. When you load a ton of Procedures into a SCAR loop, it will not execute them until it comes across a process command (which is in "wait") Thats why we always have tiny waits in our scripts, so SCAR can process everything we tell it to do and not lag like hell.

Sleep doesn't have this process command. It just simply waits or "puts the application to sleep" for a certain amount of time you set.

[Tim0suprem0]

Thanks starblaster :)

[Markus]

So instead of tiny waits, why don't do GetApplication.Processmessages?

[Starblaster100]

Thats basically what Wait is. but sometimes we need to do more GetApplication.Processmessages then normal, depending on the resources our procedures take up. Wait is just a nice little procedure to do that for us so as we dont have



ClickMouse(x, y, True);
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
GetApplication.Processmessage
ClickMouse(x, y, False);


everywhere :p

[Markus]

Yeah, that's a bit ugly.

[zenma]

thanks starblaster i think i got it now basicly wait > sleep

[Cheesehunk]

oh ok so why not replace all waits to sleeps?
Sleep contains 1 extra letter, waste of valuable time..:rolleyes:

[Bobarkinator]

Sleep contains 1 extra letter, waste of valuable time..:rolleyes:

That's a good way to look at it :p